Study on Wire Type Sugarcane Stripping Machine (IV)

Measuring torque

Abstract

The torque of wire type sugarcane stripping machine was measured using polyvinyl chloride pipe as a model of sugar cane.
1) The torque of stripping drum was measured with changing stripping pitch under following two conditions;
(a) Rotating speed of feed roller was changed, at constant rotating speed of stripping drum.
(b) Rotating speed of stripping drum was changed, at constant rotating speed of feed roller.
As a result, the torque did not change in condition (a). The torque increased in case of short stripping pitch of condition (b) due to the influence of racing torque.
2) As the rotating speed of stripping drum increased the torque of stripping drum increased.
3) The torque using two polyvinyl chloride pipes was larger than the double of torque using one polyvinyl chloride pipe.
4) The torque to strip cane leaves was very small.
5) At 900rpm of rotating speed of stripping drum, the racing torque was about 38 percent of the total torque for stripping one topped cane.